I might take a crack at it too. I'll post code if I come up with something.
On Aug 7, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Nancy Dailey wrote:
Thank you. BoilerplateSelection would work but since it takes the user to an edit page so early in the use of the wiki, it overwhelms them. My experience using wikis inside business organizations is that form is far more important than function to get them to early adopt use of wikis as a productivity/team building tool. I will try to modify PagesOnDemand. Thank you so much for your help! Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Hu To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] User page formatting
I think this could be done with some minimal modification of the PagesOnDemand extension or, as Gary suggests, the BoilerplateSelection extension. I think PagesOnDemand might be a bit closer, since I think BoilerplateSelection takes the user to an edit page, while PagesOnDemand takes them to a formatted page as if it was always there. You'd have to write an extension that hooks into PagesOnDemand, but I think it would be very easy to adapt the sample.
Jim On Aug 6, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Nancy Dailey wrote:
I'm designing a "skill repository" for a corporate management team to know who has expertise in some task. Instead of designing a custom SQL database, I've been trying to use a wiki to allow them to log on and edit their user page, which should contain a list of skills and associated ratings.
I've set up a sample user page, but it's proven too complicated for them to copy the wikiText from the sample and paste it into their own user page. Is there a way to inject my wikiText into the user page space in the database when they create an account? The primary functionality I'm looking for is: A) when they open their user page, they see the sample text [not an edit box] and; B) they can edit the skill set and add numbers representing skill level on their individual user page [excludes templates].
Any thoughts on good extensions/workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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